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Federal judge throws out lawsuit over RNC police raid

A U.S. district court judge has dismissed
a lawsuit by a St. Paul man who sued police officers for entering
and searching his duplex a day before the Republican National
Convention in 2008.

Michael Whalen alleged in his lawsuit that police violated his
First and Fourth Amendment rights when they searched the St. Paul
duplex he owned. He also argued that their search warrant contained
incorrect information.

But U.S. District Judge Joan Ericksen dismissed the lawsuit by
granting a request for summary judgment from the defendants. She
wrote in her ruling that none of Whalen's claims had any legal
merit.